I like the thought of an affiliation of European states. Free trade without borders, etc. In short, I enjoy being a European citizen and part of a wider club of nations, not least for the reason Ted mentions above.
On the other hand, there is now too much political power vested in the hands of a few, largely unaccountable, political Europhiles based in Brussels .. and you have to say in Berlin as well, who wield far too much control over the rest of us. The ongoing Greek tragedy is a prime example of this.
They say monetary union cannot happen without political union. That's the 'End Game' isn't it? a full European Union - a federated super state - the United States of Europe by any other name, with it's very own army .. and everything else; separated only by 28 completely unique cultures and economic dynamics, and at least 28 different languages. Yeah Right! .. that'll work [NOT!]
The answer is simple to my mind:
There are currently 28 member states, with others knocking on the door, e.g. Turkey, and even the Ukrainians springs to mind in this respect.
19 members form the Eurozone. Politically, why not work towards fully unionising these 19 states; they're halfway there already (a common currency, Schengen etc.) It seems this is what they are committed to and hell-bent on achieving in any case.
Meanwhile the remaining nine [plus?] member states remain affiliated 'country club' members, with ongoing free trade and interstate travel privileges, but they [we] do our own thing politically and stick with our own separate free-floating currencies.
It really can be that simple. Can't it? Surely it can?
If this simple solution isn't on the table come Referendum Day, but instead it's a straight case of "Remain In" the current status quo and the relentless drive to a European super state, or "Leave and do your own thing" .. then I'm definitely voting 'OUT' ..
At the end of the day, I'm a British subject, loyal firstly to Her Majesty the Queen and her elected sovereign government; this will
always trump my European citizenship (and the foreign cronies that are empowered to control it.)
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